Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes

[sablebrush52]

A mint 804 brought less than I would have guessed. This one I guess is a Sandblast but looks more like a carved Sasieni Rustic finish

COMOY'S EXTRAORDINAIRE 804 BENT PIPE 1930's MAGNUM | eBay

MARKED: COMOY'S EXTRAORDINAIRE 804. BRIAR STAND NOT INCLUDED. 1 PIPE OR ENTIRE COLLECTIONS. LENGTH: 7 5/8". WEIGHT : 3.4oz. HEIGHT: 2 1/2".

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And the auction of the day, a cased Peterson Patent Meer. Seller says the hallmarks are from 1899, which looks to be correct. Went for $955.

ANTIQUE K&P PETERSON'S CASED SILVER MOUNTED MEERSCHAUM BULLDOG PIPE AMBER STEM | eBay

Photos are a fair representation of condition.

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That's an amazing price for a Peterson meer!

 

[sablebrush52]

LOEWE & Co. 1905 CLASSIC ZULU SHAPE ESTATE PIPE​

LOEWE & Co. 1905 CLASSIC ZULU SHAPE ESTATE PIPE | eBay - https://www.ebay.com/itm/203451930445?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=%252Bfb0XzumMD3zayWrYizZa137rQs%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc

See? Not everyone is buying Bitcoin.

 

[orlandofurioso]

A lovely Charatan De Luxe , quite rare in shape and size :

Charatan Deluxe Shop Rohr (Pre Lane Era) | eBay

Finden Sie Top-Angebote für Charatan Deluxe Shop Rohr (Pre Lane Era) bei eBay. Kostenlose Lieferung für viele Artikel!

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[ssjones]

LOEWE & Co. 1905 CLASSIC ZULU SHAPE ESTATE PIPE​

LOEWE & Co. 1905 CLASSIC ZULU SHAPE ESTATE PIPE | eBay - https://www.ebay.com/itm/203451930445?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=%252Bfb0XzumMD3zayWrYizZa137rQs%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc

Nice, we don't see that many Loewe's posted! I wonder where Deadmanpipes gets his inventory, he never seems to have a shortage of great pipes.

 

[sablebrush52]

Nice, we don't see that many Loewe's posted! I wonder where Deadmanpipes gets his inventory, he never seems to have a shortage of great pipes.

Collectors sell to him.

 

[ssjones]

We were astonished when an unsmoked 8 Dot went for around $800 (from memory), a few years ago. This one might be a tad optimistic....

Sasieni 8 Dot Pipe Tobacco NEW Unsmoked With Band Through Pipe 1 Of 1 In World | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Sasieni 8 Dot Pipe Tobacco NEW Unsmoked With Band Through Pipe 1 Of 1 In World at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

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[ashdigger]

We were astonished when an unsmoked 8 Dot went for around $800 (from memory), a few years ago. This one might be a tad optimistic....

Sasieni 8 Dot Pipe Tobacco NEW Unsmoked With Band Through Pipe 1 Of 1 In World | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Sasieni 8 Dot Pipe Tobacco NEW Unsmoked With Band Through Pipe 1 Of 1 In World at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

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I was going to buy it, but I can’t afford the high shipping cost.

 

[jpmcwjr]

New, unsmoked?? I don't think so.

 

[ssjones]

New, unsmoked?? I don't think so.

Why do you say that? It still has the factory string/seal, I suppose that could be faked, but difficult. It looks to still have the factory pre-carb as well (looks identical to my unsmoked Ashford).

 

[orlandofurioso]

The stain is blotched and there are fills in the briar
This is I believe not a completed auction .

 

[ssjones]

The stain is blotched and there are fills in the briar
This is I believe not a completed auction .

I see no fills??? Its not an auction at all....BIN.

 

[orlandofurioso]

I see no fills??? Its not an auction at all....BIN.

I'm kidding Al, I'm kidding.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Why do you say that? It still has the factory string/seal, I suppose that could be faked, but difficult. It looks to still have the factory pre-carb as well (looks identical to my unsmoked Ashford).

Mostly suspicious! Absence of clear shots of chamber. Yeah, seal could be faked if you're pulling a fast one.

 

[ssjones]

Mostly suspicious! Absence of clear shots of chamber. Yeah, seal could be faked if you're pulling a fast one.

With a pre-carbed chamber, viewing the chamber wouldn't tell you anything of value (other than to my eye, it looks like the factory coating). The shank should be virgin wood, that would be the way to confirm it was unsmoked. At $19k, there's chance it will ever leave the sellers possession.

 

[sablebrush52]

I saw this one and laughed. It's obvious that the seller is clueless. This is a reissue, made by the successor company sometime after 1979. They decided to revive the "specially selected" stamp, a good trick is Joel Sasini was dead some 30+ years before this pipe was made. I can certainly believe that it's unsmoked and that the cord is original.

 

[orlandofurioso]

Not a clue about the chamber or the chord, but the grain does not speak to me one bit.

 

[craig61a]

The last one of these 1979 Sasieni 8 dots I saw on the Bay was 3 years ago. Popped up to about $800, then two people were slugging it out in the final seconds. When the smoke cleared, the final price was $1700.

 

[sablebrush52]

The last one of these 1979 Sasieni 8 dots I saw on the Bay was 3 years ago. Popped up to about $800, then two people were slugging it out in the final seconds. When the smoke cleared, the final price was $1700.

This proves that P. T. Barnum was right. This pipe came up in discussion today on my Sunday Zoom meeting and one of the members talked about seeing them at pipe shows in the '80's where you couldn't give them away. Evidently these were outsourced to French manufacturers

 

[mso489]

Sad examples of peoples' enthusiasm getting way ahead of their knowledge. Auctions are set traps for competitive folks who don't do homework.

 

[mingc]

Lovely grain. Would I buy it if I have a few billion dollars? Probably not, but I don't actually have a few billion dollars.